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Checklist for Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
92
1473
4451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
73
1219
3058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
57
909
2090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
53
799
1799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
417
1036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
7
133
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Africa
7 Families width 367 Species and 6 Subspecies
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)Picture-winged flies20SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies98SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies23SpeciesTaxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896Richardid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies213SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Tephritoidea with occurrences in West Africa
FamilyLonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Lance Flies, Lanceflies, Lonchaeid Flies
5
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOtitidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged flies, picture-winged fly
11
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, signal fly
38
98
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgotidae
Schiner, 1868
Light Flies, Picture-winged flies, Pyrgotid Flies, Scarab Pursuing Flies
10
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRichardidae
Snow, 1896
Richardid flies, Thyreophorid flies
5
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies, Peacock flies
61
213
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUlidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Picture-winged Flies
3
1
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Tephritoidea at artfakta.se
Tephritoidea at dyntaxa.se
Tephritoidea at marinespecies.org